A run-on sentence is a sentence that runs into another sentence. Two or more parts of a run-on sentence can stand by itself. Interestingly, run-on sentences can exist in both short and long sentences. The length of a sentence does not determine whether that sentence is a run-on sentence!

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Don rushed to the musical he was running late.

correct

Don rushed to the musical because he was running late.

Correct each run-on sentence.

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After I graduate from high school, I'm going to college I want to become a doctor.

2.

Billy lost his books on the way home from school he thinks they fell out of his backpack.

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I had a sandwich for lunch I was not very hungry, though.

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My little brother spilled juice on the kitchen floor I had to clean it up because he is too little.

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My grandmother is coming to visit us she will arrive next week.

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If you want to know where a city is you can look on a road map also you can look in an atlas.

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